File for papers.



W. E. DAVIES.

FILE FOR PAPERS.

ABPLIGATION FILED APR. 9, 1008.

921 ,957. Patented May 18, 1909.

WILLIAM E. DAVIES, OF BUTTE, MONTANA.

FILE FOR PAEPERS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 18, 1909.

Application filed April 9, 1908. Serial No. 426,111.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM E. DAVIES, citizen of the United States,residing at Butte, in the county of Silverbow and State of Montana, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Files for Papers, ofwhich the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to an improved file for papers and thelike and has for its object to provide a novel device of this characterwhich will serve both to protect the papers from injury and preventdisarrangenient thereof, and which will entirely eliminate the necessityfor employing rubber bands or like members which are more or lessobjectionable owing to the fact that in some climates they undergo veryrapid decomposition.

The invention further contemplates a paper file which is simple andinexpensive in its construction and is so designed as to admit of thepapers being quickly removed from the file or placed therein.

For a full understanding of the invention and the merits thereof andalso to acquire a knowledge of the details of construction and the meansfor effecting the result, reference is to be had to the followingdescription and accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a paper file embodying the invention,the protective sheets being separated and a portion of one of the sheetsbeing broken away. Fig. 2 is a plan view of one of the sheets, portionsbeing removed. Fig. 3 is a similar view of the opposite sheet. Fig. 4 isa detail view through one of the sheets showing the manner of applyingthe fastening members thereto.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the followingdescription and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the samereference characters.

A paper file constructed in accordance with the present inventionconsists essentially of a pair of thin sheets of aluminum, card board orlike material between which the papers are inserted, means beingprovided for holding the protective sheets together so as to preventloss or disarrangement-of the papers from the file.

Specifically describing the present embodiment of the invention, thenumeral 1 designates one of the protective sheets, and 2 the oppositeprotective sheet, the said sheets being of a corresponding shape and ofsuch a size as to receive the papers to be filed between them.

One of the sheets is provided with flexible tongues 3 which are designedto be inserted through openings in the opposite sheet and to have theextremities thereof bent to hold the two sheets together. As shown onthe drawings each of the sheets 1 and 2 is provided with a series ofthree openings 4, one of the openings being located at an intermediatepoint in one end of the sheet while the two remaining openings aredisposed along the longitudinal edges of the sheet toward the oppositeend thereof. The tongues 3 pro ject through the openings 4 of the sheet1 and are carried by heads 5 which are soldered or otherwise rigidlyconnected to the outer face of the sheet. If found desirable theordinary paper fastenings commonly found upon the market may be utilizedfor this purpose.

when the file is in use the papers or members to be retained areinserted between the sheets 1 and 2 and the tongues 3 carried by thesheet 1 inserted through the openings 4 of the sheet 2 and subsequentlybent to lock the sheets 1 and 2 together. In a reverse manner it will beobvious that by straightening the tongues the sheets can be easilyseparated and access had to the papers held between the same. It is alsocontemplated to mark each of the files with the necessary data and forthis purpose a slip of paper or like material may be posted or otherwisesecured to one of the sheets as indicated at 6.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

The herein described paper file comprising a pair of protective sheetsformed of stiff material and having a corresponding shape and size, eachof the sheets being provided with an opening in one end thereof and alsowith a pair of openings disposed along the edges of the sheet, headspermanently attached to the outer face of one of the sheets, andflexible tongues carried by the heads and projecting through theopenings of the sheet, the said tongues being adapted to detachablyengage the openings in the opposite sheet to hold the sheets together.

In testimony whereof I alfix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

WILLIAM E. DAVIES. [L. s.] Witnesses:

JOHN STEADMAN, GEORGE F. GRAY.

